Times Higher Education Supplement 2003 - Abstracts

Times Higher Education Supplement 2003
TitleSubjectAuthors
100 new chairs created in bid to lift RAE scores.(News)(research assessment exercise)EducationSteve Farrar, Chris Johnston
50 years to write the book of life - now we can start to read the text.(AAAS Meeting)(examination of impact of knowledge of the structure of DNA)EducationWilliam Sommers
A clear riposte to her critics and enemies.(Features)(Gayatri Spivak discusses new book)(Interview)EducationJohn Higgins
A dilemma in the way of science.(News: International)(issues relating to stem cell research are examined)EducationPaul Bompard, Vera Rich, Jane Marshall, Philip Fine, Jon Marcus, Geoff Maslen, Rebecca Warden, Helena Flusfeder, Alisa Roth
A gossip-free space to think.(THES Professional)(pros and cons of working from home)EducationMark Griffiths
...agreed to become chairman of Leeds United.(Why I...)EducationJohn McKenzie
Alchemy at work in the garden.(Features)(the life, work and world of Hieronymus Bosch)(Biography)EducationLaurinda Dixon
A little tailoring can sew up chance of success.(Professional)(customising articles for publications can improve their chance of publication)EducationNick Saunders
All Turkish rectors face sack.(News: International)(as result of new legislation)EducationDorian Jones
...am better off outside academe.(Why I...)EducationJulian Baggini
A national epic on two wheels.(Features)(how the Tour de France reflects French national character)EducationHugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare
An East Coast visionary with a bit of an image problem.(Features)(Susam Sontag)(Critical Essay)EducationMary-Ann Kennedy
A new beginning for a strained relationship.(Opinion)(universities should work with business to produce graduates who are erady for work)EducationSa'ad Medhat
A planet on the brink of oblivion.(Features)(the next 100 years could be a period of make-or-break for humanity)EducationMartin Rees
A real sense of sensibilities.(Features)(Sandy Lerner invests UKPd10 mil to recreate world of Jane Austen)(Interview)EducationAnne Sebba
A red-hot poker? It was just a red herring.(Features)(issues relating to the murder of King Edward II are examined)EducationIan Mortimer
Armed for a multitude of tasks.(Learning skills in higher education)(performing arts can provide students with variety of skills)EducationPaul Kleiman
A ship's evolution from globetrotter to coastguard.(Features)(the Beagle, on which Charles Darwin traveled the globe)EducationRobert Prescott
A warm welcome is just the first step.(Teaching)(to help international students)EducationGina Wisker
A whore's ransom.(Features)(writing the biography of 19th-century courtesan Frances Wilson has proved problematic)(Biography)EducationFrances Wilson
A wing and a prayer.(Soapbox)(creationists should keep their beliefs out of the biology class and stay in their religious education classes)EducationMichael Majerus
Bain's basics for smooth university operators.(Features)(tips to help university vice-chancellors survive the pressures of the job)EducationGeorge Bain
...believe an annual student satisfaction survey is needed.(Why I...)EducationChris Weavers
...believe dropout rates are too low.(Why I...)EducationDylan William
...believe gene banks are a waste of money.(Why I...)EducationDavid Wood
...believe history textbooks should tell the truth about Europe's violent past.(Why I...)EducationYasemin Soysal
...believe independent study is under threat.(Why I...)EducationChris Hopkins
...believe it is time that research supervision had an overhaul.(Why I...)EducationTony Fell
...believe it's time to devise new ways of categorising modern scholars.(Why I...)EducationJeffrey Wasserstrom
...believe its time to recognise the knowledge-transfer profession.(Why I...)EducationKate Hughes
...believe more students will opt for bankruptcy despite efforts to stop them.(Why I...)EducationGareth Kagan
...believe philosophy still matters.(Why I...)EducationOliver Letwin
...believe science administrators do more harm than good.(Why I...)EducationJoao Magueijo
...believe security dossiers have been cooked up to justify war with Iraq.(Why I...)EducationGlen Rangwala
...believe that all UK research output should be online.(Why I...)EducationSteven Harnad
...believe that Commonwealth studies has a lot to offer the world.(Why I...)EducationThomas Symons
...believe the European Parliament must not outlaw stem-cell research.(Why I...)EducationAustin Smith
...believe the Institute for Learning and Teaching in HE is pointless.(Why I...)(Higher Education)EducationHelen Beebee
...believe the Millionaire trial is more disturbing than The Truman Show.(Why I...)(Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?)EducationSteve Dixon
... believe today's students have been turned into wimps.(Why I...)EducationJames Panton
...believe UK university chemistry is in need of a complete overhaul.(Why I...)EducationJim Naismith
...believe universities could help transform the police service.(Why I...)EducationJonathan Shepherd
...believe universities should be more like businesses.(Why I...)EducationKieran Levis
...believe university libraries can make a real difference in widening access.(Why I...)EducationSteve Morgan
...believe virtual universities can remove teaching drudgery.(Why I...)EducationJohn Tiffin, Lalita Rajasingham
...believe you should retire if you want to be an academic.(Why I...)EducationTed Wragg
...belive global business offers us nothing - and at an ever higher cost.(Why I...)EducationJenny Sanders
Be rigorous at the start and the marriage will survive.(THES Professional)(the relationship between a PhD student and their supervisor)EducationSusan Bassnett
Best intellectual reads of 2002.(Books)EducationHelen Davies
Better a 'freak' than a sad case.(Features)(the lives of freak show performers in the Victorian era)EducationNadja Durbach
Beware the red herring in pursuit of excellence.(Opinion)(UK government's drive for critical mass in research is flawed)EducationPaul Wellings
'Big idea' plucked from a bad old Tory ideology.(Opinion)EducationMargaret Hodge
Bin Laden sure didn't read any beer mats.(Features)(an analysis of cultural theory)EducationTerry Eagleton
Biological mazes hide cure for cancer.(Features)EducationR. Timothy Hunt
Blood, iron and creative havoc.(Features)(comparison of Tony Blair, Otto von Bismarck)EducationBrendan Simms
Blood-thirsty outsiders are coming out of the coffin.(Features)EducationMeg Barker
Break up brings surreal sadness.(Features)(the auction of Andre Breton's studio and archive)EducationDawn Ades
Break up RAE scam.(Soapbox)(time for dual-support system for funding university research in UK to be done away with)EducationMichael Driscoll
Bring a comfy chair to the lab in your search for inspiration.(Features)(armchair and laboratory bench needed to develop reliale theories)EducationPeter Atkins
Bring this supply in from the cold.(Teaching)EducationRichard Blackwell
Bullish Clarke sets out stall.(News)(Charles Clarke defends white paper on higher education in UK)EducationAlan Thomson, John O'Leary
Campus closes as lecturers meet Mugabe's indifference.(News: International)EducationKaren MacGregor
Can anyone tell the whole truth and nothing but?.(Features)EducationSean Coughlan
Can peace be set in stone?(Features)(how best to commemorate the peace process)EducationPaul Gough
Can we build an urban utopia?(Features)(the city should be a sphere of active democratic participation)EducationDavid Harvey
Casting a fresh 'i' over science.(Teaching)(the rise of problem-based learning)EducationDerek Raine
Cave life makes a shark of a shrimp.(Features)EducationPaul Wood
Cellular songs in the key of life.(Features)(the importance of stem cell research)EducationRoger Pedersen
Charitable connections keep our science strong.(Opinion)(threat to the funding of university biomedical research)EducationMark Walport
Chests beat out people's power.(Features)(political Islam could provide Iraqi people with a democratic future)EducationIftikhar Malik
Clannish creep throttles civic spirit.(Features)EducationRoger Scruton
Columbus and my voyage of discovery.(Teaching)(use of problem-based learning in the humanities)EducationNatalie Zacek
Cooking for terrorists.(Features)(terrorism can only be understood by getting close to terrorists)EducationRohan Gunaratna
Courses get down to brass tacks.(News)(new courses available to university students in UK the 2003-2004 timetable)EducationEsther Ingram
Crash and learn.(Learning skills in higher education)(students learn groupwork skills)EducationAnn Light
Curiosity made us great, but it's waning in the West.(Features)(the East to be world's dominant force at end of 21st century)EducationCharles Pasternak
Darkness in the Catholic confessional.(Features)(sexual abuse by members of the clergy)EducationNatasha Gilbert
Dead men walking gets the outraged writing.(Features)(the history of literary protest against judicial killing)EducationNancy Berke
Degrading proposals.(Soapbox)(Higher Education Funding Council for England proposals will cause irreversible damage to study of psychology)EducationAndrew Young, Martin Conway
Devil's in our detail.(Soapbox)(humanities need to focus on big issues)EducationEric Gould
Dismal returns of micro-men.(Features)(the downward trend of economics as a subject in the UK)EducationAlan Shipman
Ditch your shares...(Soapbox)(private investors invest in higher education)EducationMiguel Palacios
Does an early start work?(News: International)(the post-qualification university admission systems of Ireland, New Zealand, the US and Germany and how they compare to the UK)EducationJohn Walsh, Jon Marcus, Richard Thomson, Clare Chapman
Do human rights stand a chance post-9/11?(Features)(Interview)EducationSean Coughlan
Don't be embarrassed to embrace new era.(Features)(the emotions of the British)EducationHera Cook
Don't concentrate, it's bad for research health.(Opinion)(reducing funding for some university departments is misguided)EducationRita Gardner
Don't I look like Caesar at this angle?(Features)(the continuing legacy of Julius Caesar)EducationMaria Wyke
Don't lose MSc magic.(Soapbox)(crisis facing postgraduate-taught MSc courses in UK)EducationBruce Yardley
Don't pulp the past.(Soapbox)(British Library destroys tens of thousands of books, reports)EducationRichard Grove
...don't want to go to university.(Why I...)EducationThomas Moston
Dose of realism, injection of hope.(Teaching)(the nursing curriculum has lost touch with the reality of nursing)EducationKeith Ward
Driven to distraction by the charge of the green brigade.(Features)(academics angered by efforts to move cars off campus)EducationMike North
Dumbing down rife, poll reveals.(in higher education)Education 
Educating ostriches.(ICT in higher education)(analysis of e-learning strategy consultation document)(Interview)Education 
Elegiac air honours more than lost lives.(Features)(why Elgar's Nimrod is appropriate choice to honour dead in Iaqi conflict)EducationKevin Jones
Elizabeth vs Stalin: contest of the cult of personality.(Features)(Elizabeth Tudor, Joseph Stalin)EducationChristopher Haigh, Christopher Read
England of my father, aka 'the coloured influx'.(Features)(online archive of history of immigrants in UK)EducationSara Wajid
English Funding Allocations 2003-04.(News: Funding Allocations)(higher education)Education 
English policy gives Scotland headache.(News)(Scottish politicians face dilemma when dealing with English policies)EducationWillis Pickard
Eureka! Come and play to demystify those materials.(Teaching)(engineering, design students learn potential of materials)EducationCaroline Baillie
Expertise required.(Soapbox)(to make decisions on issues of science)EducationLewis Wolpert
Explain it all to the general public? Labsolutely.(Teaching)(how to convey what a chemist does to a general audience)EducationNigel Lowe, John Garratt
Eyeing up the future.(higher education institutions need to grasp the nettle of Internet-based technologies, e-learning)EducationSteve Molyneux
Face has changed, but fear remains.(Features)(Muslims in UK increasingly target of suspicion, must like Jews in early 20th century)EducationDavid Cesarani
Farewell to the duvet degree.(Teaching)(Sussex University increases amount of teacher contact time for art courses)EducationRuth Woodfield
Fathers of invention.(Features)(how John Holter, Roald Dahl were involved in the development of treatments for hydrocephalus)EducationRichard Hayward
Feed back as a way to go forward.(Teaching)(the value of written feedback to students)EducationPaul Orsmond
Few of you would even get an interview here.(Opinion)(UK universities are sinking into a state of nationalised mediocrity )EducationMichael Burleigh
Fight back now, or you'll buckle under the burden.(Opinion)(fighting against bureaucracy in higher education)EducationDavid VandeLinde
First left, second right then U-turn.(Features)(George Orwell claimed by all political sides as their own)(Biography)EducationScott Lucas
First we wake it up, then we wipe it out.(Features)(research into tuberculosis)EducationAngharad Davies
Foggy ideas made clear.(Learning skills in higher education)(study skills help students reach potential)EducationStella Cottrell
Forget reds under the bed, there's Arabs in the attic.(Features)(fear of terrorism in US sparks hate campaigns)EducationHamid Dabashi
Free to find our own way on access and inclusion.(Opinion)(higher education policy in Wales)EducationJane Davidson
Free trade is not a problem - but poverty is.(Features)EducationDavid Held, Mike Moore
Free up our enterprise.(Soapbox)(UK government should lower university dependence on block grants)EducationPatrick Dowling
From first bud, drug ban was a real hash.(Features)(examination of history of attempts to control cannabis trade)EducationJames Mills
Get a job in academe? You must be joking.(Features)EducationTina Brown
Get medieval with al-Qaida.(Features)(and learn the lessons of the Inquisition)EducationPaul Ormerod, Andrew Roach
Get real, top-up fees are the only option we have.(Opinion)(for universities in the UK)EducationKerry Pollard
Get your ankles out for the lads.(Features)(the use of images of glamourous women to sell more newspapers)EducationAdrian Bingham
Give all your staff a real bonus - a No Work Wednesday.(Features)EducationAndrew Oswald
Give me an A or you're dead.(Features)(do students pose threat to lecturers?)EducationDeborah Lee
Give staff voice to spread word on good practice.(Opinion)(Academy for the Advancement of Learning could unite institutions, faculty in promotion of excellence in UK)EducationCliff Allan
Give their grammar a fine-tuning.(Teaching)(importance of correct grammar)EducationMartin Luck
GM's bitter harvest.(Soapbox)(plant science in UK under threat as result of genetically modified crops debate)EducationMark Tester
GM seeds of hope.(Soapbox)(use of genetically modified crops in third world should not be stopped)EducationSandy Thomas
Goodbye to Easy Street.(Features)(how university staff in the UK spend the summer)EducationMichael Kelly
Grease the links or the national asset will rust.(Opinion)(need to strengthen long-term links between universities and business sector)EducationRichard Lambert
Gridlocked by transfer.(Soapbox)(academics face difficulties in getting proper institutional support for work)EducationPeter Coveney
Hand over your data!(Soapbox)(researchers hamper efforts to combat poverty by hanging on to research)EducationDavid Hulme
...have no regrets about leaving academe.(Why I...)EducationMark Kleinman
Heard the one about peat fibre?(Features)EducationRaphael Salkie
He spoke the truth to power.(Features)(Obituary)EducationJohn Higgins
Hong Kong heads oppose fast-track access scheme.(News: International)(for university access)EducationMichael Chan
Hong Kong looks to private sector for aid.(News: International)(for higher education market)EducationMichael Chan
Hopeful innovators mimic Oxford model.(News)EducationTim Greenhalgh
'Hot' or not? Welcome to real time peer review.(Features)(the use of wireless technology at conferences)EducationPaul Shabajee
How bricks can build confidence.(Teaching)(a summer school project at the University of Kent)EducationGwen van der Velden
How I became Ms Motivator.(Teaching)(what motivates students)EducationRosanna Breen
How Mr Arthrobalanus saved Charles Darwin from Baron Munchausen's fate.(Features)(Charles Darwin's obsession with barnacles)EducationRebecca Stot
How to make campus a safer haven.(Features)EducationLawrence Cohen
How to tame the market without stunting growth.(Opinion)(private universities are valuable asset)EducationRoger King
Ideal way to lighten the load.(World education market)(e-learning solution to Asia's educational demands)EducationMark Rowe
'If not for this, I would be on the dole and depressed'.(Features)(the Headstart project, which aims to help deaf people succeed in higher education)EducationRoisin Woolnough
If the Prozac doesn't work...(Features)(genetics being used to develop new generation of anti-depressants)EducationSamuel Barondes
If UK insists on hiding, it could end in 'nul points'.(Opinion)(key to success for UK universities lies in Europe)EducationJuliet Lodge
If your asked to pass a failing student...(Professional)EducationBob Brecher
In praise of jerks and squelches.(Features)(in praise of lust)EducationSimon Blackburn
Inspire your students to blow their own trumpets.(Opinion)(why some students fail to pass their degrees)EducationChristopher Ball
Integrity matters.(Soapbox)(in research)EducationRichard Dyer
Intellect thrives on diet rich in research.(Features)(UK government would be mistaken to sever links between research and teaching)EducationAlan Jenkins
Intellectual fibre, not nuggets.(Soapbox)(government's white paper on higher education aims to create McUniversities in UK)EducationDennis Hayes
In the Green Man's shadow.(Features)(the preservation of Britain's ancient woodlands)EducationIan Rotherham
In the perfect system, only those who reap the benefits should have to pick up the tab.(Features)(university graduates should pay graduate tax to finance universities)EducationRichard Whiting
I picnic lonely as a cloud...(Features)(picnicking became popular in England as way of ensuring English identity against industrialising world)EducationAndrew Hubbell
'I put my head in the maw of the leviathan - Las Vegas'.(Features)(impressions of Las Vegas)EducationBruce Begout
Islamic groups linked to killing.(News: International)(of history lecturer Necip Hablemitoglu)EducationDorian Jones
Isn't it time you signed up for an EQ test?(Professional)(lecturers need to engage on emotional level with their students)EducationAlan Mortiboys
Is that the sound of pop eating itself?(Features)(analysis of animated pop band Gorillaz)EducationJohn Richardson
Is this written in text or just bad spelling?(Features)(students increasing use of SMS text short hand in essays)EducationJason Garner
I teach in the Caribbean - from a French chateau.(Professional)(distance learning is underexploited)EducationBarry Blundell
IT offers kickstart to Welsh economy.(News)(under plans from University of Glamorgan)EducationTim Greenhalgh
It's a matter of life - not sex.(Features)(analysis of the Anglican Church's debate about homosexuality)EducationJeremy Caddick
It's Plato for the 'dumb' generation.(Teaching)(how much do 18 to 24-year-olds know about the world)EducationRoger Ottewill
It wasn't only babies who hit the bottle in medieval Europe.(Features)(examination of infant mortality in medieval Europe)EducationLynn Martin
I will face the gun to fight for academic freedom.(Opinion)(in Zimbabwe)EducationTapera Kapuya
Joined-up thinking.(Soapbox)EducationRoger Brown
Keeper of the plains and the forests.(ACU Preview)(University of Dar-es-Salaam's Joint Environment and Development Management Action programme)EducationWachira Kigotho
Keep staff on board.(Soapbox)(government needs to listen to academic opinion over reform of higher education)EducationRoger Brown
Labour's 'spineless' stand up to Blair.(Features)(Labour's backbench MPs rebel against party line)EducationPhilip Cowley
Laid low by junk food and Jesus.(Features)(the battle of the Innu people of Labrador, Canada, for dignity, independence)EducationColin Samson
Laureate of all life's delays, traffic etiquette and tong use.(Features)(John W. Trinkaus wins Ig Nobel Prize for literature)EducationMarc Abrahams
Leicester to host business 'Utopia'.(News)(University of Leicester)EducationSue Law
Let's keep it simple.(Soapbox)EducationDavid Giachardi
Let universities throw off shackles of the state.(Opinion)EducationRichard Brown
Liberate the labs.(Soapbox)(scientists in the UK are hobbled by the research establishment)EducationStuart Lyons
Life - just as we know it.(Features)(the inevitability of the evolution of humanoids)EducationSimon Conway Morris
Literati dine out on the cultural cold war.(Features)EducationHugh Wilford
Little small talk goes a long, long way.(Features)(the value of networking skills in academia)EducationHarriet Swain
Lives on the rocks.(Soapbox)(jobs in academia carry too high a personal price)EducationCary Cooper, Michelle Tytherleigh
Lock up those 'peaceniks' in the ivory tower.(Features)(form of McCarthyism on rise in Israel)EducationDavid Newman
Loosen up ministers.(Soapbox)(analysis of UK government's The Future of Higher Education white paper)EducationRob Cuthbert
Made by your own hands.(Features)(how the hand made humans more than just gifted chimps)EducationRaymond Tallis
Magic way to true self.(Soapbox)(the future of humanity lies in The Wizard of Oz)EducationCarl Elliott
Make truth the target.(Soapbox)(in debate about nanotechnology)EducationIan Gibson
'Market' is a mistake.(Soapbox)(introduction of differential university fees in UK could cause problems)EducationLiz Allen
Market-smart allies join forces to sharpen up act.(Opinion)(The Learning Alliance forms to teach US universities how to remain mission centred)EducationRobert Zemsky
Mature learners are in need of flexible friends.(Opinion)(funding systems needs to change to help part-time and muture students in higher education)EducationDavid Latchman
Maybe a banana is just a banana.(Features)(Freudian psychoanalysis is outdated)EducationSteven Connor
McDegree ready to go.(Soapbox)(Privy Council should have competition in ability to award title university in UK)EducationJames Tooley
Michigan ruling reaffirms drive for student diversity.(Opinion)(while affirmative action may not be perfect solution, it is best way to ensure diversity in universities)EducationSheldon Elliot Steinbach
Middle-class posturing or a victorious fight for real changes?(Features)EducationIvor Gaber
Mistress of the mind.(Textbook Guide)(Susan Blackmore to launch new book Consciousness: An Introduction)(Interview)EducationAnthony Freeman
Mona Baker's double standard.(Soapbox)(in firing Gideon Toury, Miriam Schlesinger for being public representatives of Israel)EducationGideon Toury
Money matters in doing science that matters.(Opinion)(UK in decline as global scientific power)EducationPeter Lampl
Money-spinning courses for foreigners - you're speaking our language.(Features)EducationNick Woods
Navigate the circus of fancy with fact.(Features)(the study of English needs dose of facts to free it from 'isms')EducationJonathan Bate
Need a little help figuring it out?(Teaching)(the services of Mathematics Support Centre at Coventry University)EducationDuncan Lawson
New year honours.(News)Education 
No ring of confidence.(Soapbox)(analysis of Exeter University's betrayal of a researcher's trust)EducationRussel Ogden
No room at the institute.(News: international)(students at University of Baghdad having to sleep on classroom floors)EducationDvid Jobbins
Not even war excuses this dark and bloody affair.(Features)(can US military justice prevent a My Lai from happening in Iraq?)EducationKendrick Oliver
Not just a degree but despair, damage and death, too.(Features)(the creation of Theodore Kaczynski, Unabomber)EducationAlston Chase
Not much ebony in the oldest of our ivory towers.(Features)(the representation of ethnic minority students in higher education in UK)EducationTrevor Phillips
Nursery or bursary?(Soapbox)(government should invest more in education at preschool level and up)EducationLeon Feinstein
Old classics find new life in webworld.(Teaching)(e-Lit option at Oxford University)EducationStuart Woods
One light bulb and an illuminating year.(Features)(pros, cons of teaching in Albania)EducationJocasta Gardner
One nation, under suspicion, loses liberty and justice for all.(Features)(United States uses war on terror to change way it polices own citizens)EducationPatricia J. Williams
One ring, one million contexts.(Features)(an examination of the impact of The Lord of the Rings films)EducationMartin Barker
One that did not get away.(Features)(the colossal squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)EducationKat Bolstad
Online bonus, e-ventually.(News)(examination of the operations of UK eUniversity)EducationMark Samuels
Open doors but halt early exits.(Teaching)(challenge in higher education is to make sure that students succeed)EducationGail Thompson
Open up a French window to a new opportunity.(Professional)(advice for those considering jobs in France)EducationRuth Morse
Our city, our future, in our hands.(Features)(analysis of the agendas being pursued by western aid agencies in Afghanistan)EducationLeonard Stone
'Our job is to explain; it is for others to judge'.(Features)(what is history?)EducationRichard Evans
Our quest for knowledge takes a wrong turn.(Opinion)(utilitarian aims of education overshadowing liberal aims)EducationAlan Chesters
Our survival depends on serving both masters.(Opinion)(greater collaboration for universities benefit of devolution in Northern Ireland)EducationRichard Barnett
Our work is to free talent in the project of humanity.(Features)(the purpose of universities)EducationBen Okri
Participants in a historical 'soap'.(Teaching)(the use of an interactive website to bridge the gap between teaching and research)EducationGraham Rogers
People's paradise, scholars' purgatory.(Features)(North Korea)EducationJim Hoare
Performance indicators.(News)(of universities in UK)Education 
'Petticoats are no joke' at 30 below.(Features)(the staging of plays by polar explorers)EducationMike Pearson
Pick topic, seek grant, take job as cleaner...(Features)(funding PhD)EducationSimon Francis
Playthings of a higher mind.(Features)(we all exist in a virtual reality simulation)EducationNick Bostrom
'Please don't come around, we're having a bloody nightmare'.(Features)(the pressure felt by farmers in Devon, England)EducationMatt Lobley, Matt Reed
Poland launches institute designed to promote European integration.(News: International)EducationMichael de Laine
Politicians' words and work are out of kilter.(Features)EducationTrevor Smith
Politics by other means or a cock-up?(Features)(the meaning of war)EducationPeter Furtado
Power to the people.(Soapbox)(issues relating to merger of University of Manchester, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology)EducationPaul Cammack
Practice imperfect.(Soapbox)(how best to release results of scientific research)EducationPatrick Bateson
Practising preachers.(Soapbox)(teachers involved in research tend to be better teachers)EducationHannah Barker, Monica McLean
...predict a looming staff crisis in higher education.(Why I...)EducationLorraine Harding
Primal life force under the ice.(Features)(the mythic status of the mammoth must be respected by scientists)EducationDavid Anderson
Proof that a woman's touch can help in global games.(Features)(Madeleine Albright)(Interview)EducationRob Singh
Prostitute myth has strong pull.(News: International)(according to survey of Russian students)EducationNick Holdsworth
Queen in road rage fury after press pack hounds royals.(Features)(press harassment of the UK royal family)EducationJohn Plunkett
Queen's birthday honours.(News)Education 
Raise the curtain on a genuinely political act.(Features)(the right to make significant gestures, voice opinion must be reclaimed from celebrities)EducationAlan Read
Reader, you are not welcome.(Features)(in study of English literature)EducationAlan Sinfield
Read our lips: top-up fees simply won't work.(Opinion)(Lbour Party will not listen to reason with regard to its education policy)EducationIan Gibson
Reduced to tiers.(Soapbox)(UK government needs to focus on improving standards of state school education)EducationBen Martin
Regain the right to self-regulate.(Soapbox)(in higher education)EducationGeoffrey Alderman
Relax - and learn from the neck down.(Teaching)(body awareness exercises as learning techniques)EducationMarilyn Higgins
Remind me why I'm a 'commando' lecturer.(THES Professional)(the difficulties of being a part-time lecturer)EducationNathan Abrams
Rephrase, replace or remove.(Teaching)(validity and worth of learning outcomes questioned)EducationPatrick Smith
Rescue bid for flagship course.(task force to meet to discuss ways to make foundation degrees popular)EducationTony Tysome, Fazackerley
Rest assured - we will defend the core values.(Opinion)(Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education publishes new strategic plan)EducationPeter Williams
Resting place for heads of state.(Features)(Madame Tussaud's)EducationPamela Pilbeam
Return Iraq to Iraqis by removing Saddam.(Features)EducationPeter Sluglett
Ride the high-tech wave and surf into the future.(Opinion)(universities need to innovate and embrace e-learning)EducationCharles Clarke
Rise in degrees as things hot up.(News: Analysis)(study areas of tourism, travel, transport grow)EducationGary Haslam
Rocks or a hard place.(Learning skills in higher education)(the pros and cons of fieldwork)EducationPat Leon, Rob Butler
Rules and regulations will just cramp our style.(Opinion)(dynamics, values of UK higher education threatened)EducationMaurice Kogan
SA blacks still suffer 'campus racism'.(News: International)(South Africa)EducationKaren MacGregor
Safe route drove me to distraction.(Teaching)(difficulties involved in establishing e-learning courses)EducationSue Currell
Say 'no' to Iraqi loot.(Soapbox)(attempts to relax trade in historical artefacts must be resisted)EducationColin Renfrew
Science of Sunday roast and sex in space.(Features)EducationLen Fisher
Sex and the Hildabeast.(Soapbox)(St Hilda's college, Oxford University, should give up its women-only status)EducationHilda Brown
Sex, lies and electronic tags.(Features)(the use of polygraphy techniques to manage sex offenders)EducationAdam James
Shadow over Baghdad.(News: International)(difficulties faced by university students in Baghdad, Iraq)EducationChristine Aziz
Shaping up to take the lead in race for students.(Subject Special)(growing popularity of discipline of Sports sciebce)EducationEsther Ingram
Shared vision is the key to the perfect alliance.(Opinion)EducationMartin Harris
Shows leave students in debt.(News)(students taking creative subjects suffer financial stress)EducationSusannah Dainow
Silenced for hinting at an Indian Oedipus.(Features)(the banning of a book that discusses sexuality of Ganesha)EducationPaul Courtright
Single mind suffers double vision.(Teaching)(pros and cons of merger of higher education establishments)EducationJohn Shaw
Slice of job life is worth bread.(Teaching)(sandwich degrees deserve a renaissance)EducationStephen Gomez
Smears upon the walls are history.(Features)(what to do with graffiti left by Russian soldiers on Reichstag building)EducationDeborah Lipstadt
Social class still counts after students reach 21.(Opinion)(inequality in postgraduate studies)EducationPaul Wakeling
Society will never survive on bread and circuses alone.(Features)(the purpose of universities)EducationGordon Graham
Soul of Ogoni campaigner marches on in oil killing fields.(Features)EducationIke Okonta
Speak up, don't squeak and remember to smile.(Professional)(tips for delivering a decent conference paper)EducationSusan Bassnett
Stalled reforms are not cause for celebration.(Opinion)(at Cambridge University)EducationGordon Johnson
Stars in our eyes obscure the view.(Features)(the dangers and financing of human space exploration)EducationMartin Rees
Statistical myths give lie to white-paper policy.(Opinion)(UK government's case for top-up fees for higher education is unsound)EducationTim Curtin
Step out from the martyr's shadow.(Features)(casting of Irish people as victims in their own history needs to change)EducationMarianne Elliott
Sticky moments with a critical mass.(Teaching)(how a graphic design lecturer at the University of Bath developed a new take on assessment)EducationJonathan Baldwin
Strands of truth twist among the extremes.(AAAS Meeting)(examination of level of sensationalism surrounding genetic advances)EducationOnora O'Neill
Strength in variety.(Soapbox)(Higher Education Funding Council for England aims to create diverse higher education sector)EducationHoward Newby
Students get personal.(Learning skills in higher education)(student-learning agreements the way forward)EducationJonathan Baldwin
Study here because you're worth it.(Features)(universities need to be more imaginative in brand building to attract students)EducationJim Bodoh, Robert Mighall
Style over substance?(Learning skills in higher education)(what is employability and how should it be measured?)EducationLee Harvey, Peter Knight, Philip Martin, Val Butcher, Simon Roodhouse
...support Charles Clarke and his wish to see relevance in academe.(Why I...)EducationSara Parkin
...support efforts to adopt a US approach to university fundraising.(Why I...)EducationSheena McDonald
Swell performance.(Trends in higher education)(university expansion in UK among fastest in industrialised world)Education 
Tackling a poor show.(Soapbox)(plans to retsructure higher education will impact on those from poorer backgrounds)EducationJo Blanden
Take some time to think through daily dilemmas.(Professional)(the ethics of teaching)EducationBruce Macfarlane
Take time to win the philosophical battle.(Features)(in impending war in Iraq)EducationRichard Sorabji
Take two aspirins and thank your caring PM.(Features)(government and healthcare)EducationMichael Fitzpatrick
Talk, the antidote to threat of terror.(Features)(scientists need to share information in fight against chemical, biological weapons)EducationHerbert Huppert
Targets make our kids go from Bard to worse.(Opinion)(educational assessment system in UK is damaging children's intellectual abilities)EducationRos King
Tax reforms are key to a fairer deal on access.(Opinion)(to higher education in the UK, according to Liberal Democrats)EducationCharles Kennedy
Team virgins fear an orgy of togetherness.(Teaching)(getting students to understand the benefits of teamwork)EducationPeter Levin
Telling the tale sparks insight.(Teaching)(understanding cannot come solely from textbooks)EducationMichael Hyland
Ten ways to scupper a VLE.(World education market)(virtual learning environment)EducationPeter Hartley
Testing time guaranteed for all in race for best and brightest.(Features)(growing use of examinations tests for universities in UK)EducationYasmin Anwar
Thames no barrier to entente cordiale.(Teaching)(foreign language outreach project helps London School of Economics Language Centre bridge cultural divide)EducationNick Byrne
The adult-only playground.(Features)(children becoming increasingly more erstricted in London)EducationJenny Bavidge, Andrew Gibson
The ball's rolling but it needs a little push.(World education market)(e-learning is the way forward)EducationJohn Beaumont
The best Will in the world.(why there will always be room for new editions of Shakespeare)(Interview)EducationHelen Davies
The champion of 'grey matter' trade.(ACU Preview)(legacy of Bernard Shapiro, retiring principal of McGill University)EducationKenneth Asch
The class assassin.(Features)(the life of Sergei Degaev)(Biography)EducationRichard Pipes
The frame on Platform 1 is sponsored by...(Features)(art students benefit from corporate commissions, sponsorship)EducationSusan Elkin
The gunboat diplomat who struck a minefield.(Features)(the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston)EducationMiles Taylor
The higher purpose.(Soapbox)(of an university education)EducationSteven Schwartz
The highs and lows of the peripatetic life.(Professional)(the pros and cons of academic commuting)EducationRuth Morse
The inside story on bias, bribes and seduction.(Professional)(exam marking and student cheating)EducationSteve Newstead
The lost chapters of a life in love and letters.(Features)(the life of Dora Diamant)(Biography)EducationKathi Diamant
The marketing Midas with a golden boot.(Features)(David Beckham, global icon)(Biography)EducationEllis Cashmore
The measure of imperial rulers.(Features)(analysis of the concept and history of the term "empire")EducationHugh Thomas
The natter really does matter in a solo world.(Teaching)(lecturers should discuss their work with their colleagues)EducationPaul Orsmond
The people's librarian.(interview with e-pioneer Brewster Kahle)(Interview)EducationChris Johnston
The perfect medicine for virtually all users.(World education market)(the creation of useful virtual learning environments)EducationGilly Salmon
The pharaohs' digital afterlife.(Teaching)(Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology launches Digital Egypt for Universities project)EducationStephen Quirke
The poor don't buy flimsy money-back guarantees.(Opinion)(young people likely to disbelieve arguments about benefits of higher education)EducationLibby Aston
The student purse can save us from the mediocre.(Features)(higher teaching fees translate into better teaching provision)EducationPeter Andras, Peter Charlton
The unholy market kills divine life of the mind.(Features)(the search for knowledge through contemplation as an end to itself is a worthwhile occupation)EducationAndrew Louth
The UN must swap living in the past for the real world.(Features)EducationMeghnad Desai
They're called dumb, materialistic sexual predators - but millions are dyeing to join them.(Features)(blonde women)EducationFaye Hammill
...think counselling does not make students into victims.(Why I...)EducationChristopher Butler
...think government reforms could widen social divides.(Why I...)EducationClaire Callender
...think legal training has to change.(Why I...)EducationNigel A. Bastin
...think postgraduates need more support to take on teaching roles.(Why I...)EducationGurminder K. Bhambra
...think students need to learn about ethics.(Why I...)EducationSimon Lee
...think the Booker is relevant to the study of literature.(Why I...)EducationA. C. Grayling
...think the languages crisis is helpful.(Why I...)EducationJon Beasley-Murray
...think the new visa extension charges should be scrapped.(Why I...)EducationSharone Parnes
...think universities should prepare for the greater rights of disabled students.(Why I...)EducationClaire Milne
...think we need to market cerebral sexiness.(Why I...)(universities need to examine the way they advertise themselves to prospective students)EducationPeter Crofts
...think we should end apartheid between English and cultural studies.(Why I...)EducationCatherine Belsey
Think you belong on the world stage? Think again.(Opinion)("global" universities in the UK)EducationEric Thomas
Throw a spanner in all this mechanical talk.(Professional)(the language of academia)EducationPatrick Smith
Thumbs up for drama with a comic outcome.(Professional)(technology makes remote teaching easier)EducationMark Childs
Too little wind, too much hot air.(Features)(how geography affects human history)EducationFelipe Fernandez-Armesto
Too many graduates? The market disagrees.(Opinion)EducationPeter Elias, Kate Purcell
Top pay for top dogs.(Soapbox)(university vice-chancellors deserve the wages the get)EducationAndrew Oswald
Top ten favourites retain poll positions.(News)(analysis of the altered picture of graduate employment prospects)EducationBernard Kingston
To publish or perish?(Soapbox)(how can journal editors keep lethal research out of the hands of terrorists?)EducationDonald Kennedy
Top-up fees are neither our saviour nor Satan.(Opinion)EducationJamie Merisotis
Tough love works for fledglings.(Teaching)(the difficulties of gaining masters and PhD qualifications, and teaching them)EducationGina Wisker
Travels in time put flesh on forebears.(Features)(comprehending the lives of early humans)EducationSteven Mithen
Trojan horse is a good bet for all.(Teaching)(increased flexibility for disabled students may benefit all)EducationMick Healey
UK menu, local dish.(Soapbox)(Imperial College London to abandon national pay bargaining)EducationTom Wilson
Uncle Sam is innocent.(Soapbox)(USA not to blame for all of modern culture's ills)EducationCheryl Hudson
Universal joint, lens grinder, balance-spring mechanism, St Paul's...(Features)(the life of Robert Hooke, 1635-1703)(Biography)EducationLisa Jardine
Up for the challenge of a sticky wicket.(Features)(interview with John Hood, the next vice-chancellor of Oxford University)(Interview)(Biography)EducationClaire Sanders, Richard Thomson
Vacation? Not from my vocation.(Features)(what academics get up to on their summer vacations)EducationTerry Eagleton
Variable top-up fees: invariably unpopular.(News)(analysis of whether Labour MPs will let higher education bill fail)Education 
Vintage brews get the Midas touch.(Features)(researching wine making)EducationPatrick E. McGovern
Voice of the people recast as language of terror.(Features)(the impact of Spain's campaign against separatist bombers on Basque language )EducationJackie Urla
Wake-up call for drivers approaching dead of night.(Features)(advice for drowsy drivers)EducationJim Horne
Watch out, continentals learning to talk the talk.(Opinion)(European institutions challenge those in UK for overseas students)EducationBernd Wachter
We can't just think big, we must invest big, too.(Opinion)(the capability of the UK to deal with an increase in international student numbers)EducationClive Saville
We don't lack skill - just political will.(Features)(policymakers in UK do not pay enough attention to scientific research)EducationHugh Pennington
We must build up skills, not burn our bridges.(Opinion)(future economic wellbeing of UK threatened by plans to cut engineering student funding)EducationSa'ad Medhat
We must refuse to play this 'destructive game'.(Opinion)(academics must oppose proposed changes to research in UK)EducationPaddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger
We plant seeds, but they make them grow.(Professional)(problem-based learning)EducationMaggi Savin-Baden
West's lessons in decadence fuel the making of a martyr.(Features)(the creation of Sayyid Qutb and his anti-West stance)(Biography)EducationRoxanne Euben
'We've no jobs. Education is our only hope'.(Features)(Palestinian students face struggle to complete their studies)EducationAlex Klaushofer
What an education did for Rita.(Features)(a personal experience of university and what it is for)EducationSandra Smith
Whatever your business plan, it's out of date now.(Opinion)(business schools need to teach MBA students how to adapt quickly)EducationEamonn Walsh
What is the real cost when the user pays?(Opinion)(impact of tuition fees)EducationBryan Gould
When is a call for alms a call to arms?(Features)(Mulsim charities accused of straying into terrorist territory)EducationJonathan Benthall
Whiter shade of beyond the pale.(Features)(race in South America)EducationJohn Norvell
Who cares if you want to study for a degree?(Opinion)EducationJim Goddard
Who dares turn their nose up at Mrs Dalloway?(Features)(literary critics in UK, US split over reputation of Virgina Woolf)EducationBrenda Silver
Why bad news is no news and crime is big business.(Features)(government censorship of criminal research)EducationSteve Tombs, Dave Whyte
Why didn't we say no?(Soapbox)(to the threats facing higher education in the UK)EducationTom Hickey
Why don't scholars admit that holy war means war.(Features)EducationDaniel Pipes
Why has Clarke thrown us to market forces?(Opinion)(market forces wrong way to reform higher education in UK)EducationMalcolm McVicar
Why make life tough?(Soapbox)(school league tables based on raw exam results encourage students to take easier subjects)EducationCarol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon
Why peace is a conjuror's trick.(Features)EducationTom Palaima
Will harsh weed-out allow Iraqi academia to flower?(Features)(how US rule is affecting efforts to rebuild academe in Iraq)EducationTuri Munthe
Will new world order embetter us?(Features)(analysis of the verbal gaffes of George W. Bush)EducationAlan Cienki
Will our legacy be great idiots savants of history?(Opinion)(universities need to instill values as well as knowledge)EducationAlan Gilbert
Will rich ideas tackle a very poor show?(Features)(how will UK government's higher education strategy boost numbers of working-class students?)EducationGeoff Layer
Will you stand for Blair's bloody-mindedness.(Opinion)(Conservative Party education policy)EducationDamian Green
Won't let the sun go down on me.(Teaching)(the challenges faced by instructors in virtual classrooms)EducationYoram Kalman
World must play its part in rebirth of Iraqi academe.(Opinion)EducationJohn Daniel
Would Austria really want to hear the truth of its Nazi past?(Features)EducationRobert Knight
Would you like that kitchen in red?(Features)(the living-standards race between the US and the USSR in the Cold War)EducationSusan Reid
York paves nation's road out of ruin.(Features)(Afghanistan's minister for rural rehabilitation and development describes his attempts to rebuild the country)EducationHaneef Atmar
You pay for my study, I'll pay for your daughter's.(Opinion)(funding higher education)EducationRob Morris
You pays your money, you makes your choice...(Features)(about what university you go to)EducationMandy Garner, Shola Adenekan
Your course can be a real corker.(Teaching)(design principles for university courses)EducationPaul Kleiman
Your input unwanted.(Soapbox)(Charles Clarke seems set to ignore criticism of government policies)EducationBarry Sheerman
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